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Poker. Having an ace in the hole is having a reserve card…sometimes hidden up the sleeve. As someone said of Gladstone, he didn’t mind that Gladstone always had an ace up his sleeve, but he did object to Gladstone claiming God had put it there.

While I enjoyed your Gladstone reference, I’m afraid you are mixing up poker vernaculars. An ‘ace in the hole’ refers to stud poker where one or two cards are dealt face down and remain that way until the end of the hand. Since aces are usually the highest cards, having them hidden from one’s opponents is often an advantage. The practice of having aces up one’s sleeve is cheating.

Yes, thank you, I know that. Having a card face down is surely in reserve?.Stud poker: A card face down is not “in reserve”, it’s part of your hand. It’s your “hole card” in 5-card stud, or it’s one of your two “hole cards” in 7-card stud. Hence the phrase “ace in the hole.”

I always wondered how Snoopy acquired the Van Gogh. Either he has an equally impressive bank account, or he stumbled across it after being shot down over enemy occupied France, or he masquerades as a ‘cat’ burglar in his spare time (sorry about the pun) ;)

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If ever there is an iconic comic strip, it is Peanuts. What began in the funny pages in 1950 has developed into an enduring classic. Whether you're persnickety like Lucy, a philosopher like Linus, a joyous Flying Ace like Snoopy, or a lovable underdog like Charlie Brown, there is something to touch your heart or make you laugh in Peanuts.